Metalwork Design
1805
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A drawing of a wine cooler, profile, shown less than full size.
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Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and grey wash over pencil. On wove paper pasted to a card mount |
Brief description | Design for a silver wine cooler by Jean Jacques Boileau (active 1787 and died after 1851) c. 1805 |
Physical description | A drawing of a wine cooler, profile, shown less than full size. |
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Object history | This design contains decorative elements of classical inspiration that Jean Jacques Boileau often combines in designs for silver. This and the other drawings by J. J. Boileau and his school were probably in the collection of A. C. Pugin and sold at Mr Wheatley’s rooms,4th June 1843, lot 469, Boileau’s (J.) “Series of drawings appropriated to the gold and silversmiths”, bought by Williams for 3 shillings. Designs number 8388.4 to 8388.7 are a set of drawings and in the same manner and in the same scale for wine coolers. |
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Bibliographic reference | This design contains decorative elements of classical inspiration that Jean Jacques Boileau often combines in designs for silver.
This and the other drawings by J. J. Boileau and his school were probably in the collection of A. C. Pugin and sold at Mr Wheatley’s rooms,4th June 1843, lot 469, Boileau’s (J.) “Series of drawings appropriated to the gold and silversmiths”, bought by Williams for 3 shillings.
Designs number 8388.4 to 8388.7 are a set of drawings and in the same manner and in the same scale for wine coolers. |
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Accession number | 8388:7 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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